Rotary work support



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noun wonx SUPPORT v original Filedwuarch Aa, 192s 2 sheets-s ht 2f lPatented Oct. 28, 1930 v UNITED STATI-:s PATENT olf-Fics ALBERT M. JOHNSON, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, SSIGNOR TO BARNES DRILL CO., 0F

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS ROTARY WORK SUPPORT rigiiial application filed Marel;J 8, 1923, Serial- No. 623,631. Divided and this application le.

March 13, 1924. Serial No. 698,837.

' The invention pertains to a machine toolv embodying a. spindlef reciprocable to carry a cutting tool into and out-of operative associationwith pieces of Work successively presented to the tool; and it hasv particular reference to the means for presenting the work to the tool and t'o the means for ejecting the work when the machining operation vhas been completed. f Y

The object of the invention is to provide a rotary work support of an advantageous character for presenting the work -to they tool spindle, and a 4novel means associated with the work support for ejecting the work after the drilling or other operation has been completed. l

Fig. l is a plan view of the rotary support y for presenting the work to the tool, the tool spindle being shown in section.

Fig. 12L is a fragmentary view of the parts shown in Fig. 1 showing details of the support and the locking means therefor.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustratingdetails of construction of the table or turret in which the' work is mounted for presentation to the tool.

Figs. 3 and 4 are underside views of the work table,.sho wing the table-locking and work-ejector mechanisms in different operative positions.

Fig. 5 isa fragmentary horizontal section, illustrating a portion of the work-ejector and table locking mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating another portion of this mechanism.

My invention is especially adapted for machine tools automatic in character, such, for example as that shown in my copending application Serial No. 623,631 filed March 8,

1923, (Patent No. 1,679,529) ofwhich this application is a division. Herein the tool Vspindle carryinglat its lower end a suitable cutting tool is shown in section at 18.

My improved work support comprises, a'

circular table or turret 47, the work being herein shown as having the form of nut blanks a to be faced and tapped. This turret is mounted for rotation with a step by step movement to present the blanks .a suc-A Y being mounted for vertical adjustment in any suitable manner not herein shown. A central bearing sleeve or hub 52al rigid with the depending ring 48 receives a stud 52b securely fastened in the stationary table 50.

\F or holding the blanks in position while being operated upon, I provide a pair of clamping jaws 53 and 53,a mounted for sliding movement in radial grooves formed on.the upper face of the turret, and between plates 531? (F ig. 1.)- The inner ends of the jaws 53 normally abut the outer periphery of a ring 47";L centered on the turret 47; and the outer ends of the jaws 53a are normally retained in a free positionwitliin an annular rim or pending lips 55 upon the adjacent ends of the jaws 53 and 53a which are adapted to engage with the blank; and these lips 55 further serve to limit the sliding movement of the jaws.

A bracket 56 stationarly supported at the inner or rear side of the table carries a cam Vmember 57, the forward end of which operatively engages with the outer ends of the j awsl53"L as the latter in their rotation pass below the cutting tool. .This cam member is adjusted by means of a screw 58 so that when a blank is inserted between the jaws 53 and. 53a the passage of the latter into engagement 1 with the cam member -will effect a firm gripping of the blank so as to hold it inplace upon the table for the screw threading or otheroperation. I have herein shown two cam memberspmounted in brackets 56, one

beneath a facing tool generally indicated at 150, and .theother beneath a tap or other thread cutting tool carried by the spindle 18.

The turret-is rotated with a step-by-step motion through the operation of a `reciprocatory rod 59 actuated by a suitable controlling mechanism such, for example, as that set forth in my said copending application Serial No. 623,631 (Patent No. 1,679,529). This rod 59 is slidably mounted upon the under side of the stationary table 50 and is operatively connected to the turret 47 through a suitable one way clutch. In the present instance, the rod 59 is connected with a band 60 encircling-theu dependingA ring 48 of the turret, through the medium of a screw-threaded rod 61 having a collar 62 thereon pivoted upon an arm 63 extending radially from the band 60., Stops 64 and 65 are arranged in spaced relation upon the rod 61 so as to provide a lost motion connection and thereby allow for a slackness in travel between the rod 59 and the collar 62 in either direction thereon.

is such that as the rod 59 is reciprocated, the one-way clutch device formed by the rollers 67 in the recesses 66, moves the table a distance equal to the distance between any two adj acentblanks a upon the table.

n Associated with this means forirotating the turntable I provide an indexing'mechanism adapted -t'o hold -it against rotation while the cutting operation or operatiocns are'being performed, and to release it, upon the withldrawal ofthe tool, for movement to present the next adjacent blanks to their .respective tools.. This meansin the present instance.

comprises a lever' 68 pivoted yat 69 upon ,the under side of the *stationary table 50. One end of this lever is pivotally connected with a plunger 70 slidable in bearings 71, 72 also formed upon the under side of the table 50- the inner end of the plunger being shaped to enter holes 73' formed in the periphery of the ring-48 of the turntable and preferably provided with`bushings'74 (Fig. -2). v The other'end of the lever 68 has slidable longitudinally therein a finger 75 (Fig. 5) normally projecting forwardly from the lever i 75 is'limitedby a pin and slot connection77 6U through the action of a coiled expansion spring 76. Outward movement ofthe finger The bar 59 is. provided with a pair of notches 79 and 80. The outer oneof these notches, 80'` has its innermost wall inclined as at 81 (Fig. 3) and when the rod is in its foremost or lnitial position, before its movement to effect a-rotation of the table, the nger lies within this notch. As the rod moves rearwardly thebevelled end 81 of the notch 80 engages with a correspondingly bevelled surface82 of the nger 75, forcing the linger inwardly into the lever 68 against the action of the spring 76 (see Fig. 5). l In this movement of the rod, the band remains station-` ary by reason of the lost motion connection between it and the rod afforded by the spacing of the stops 64-65, the turntable being locked in this position of the parts by the plunger 7 0 which is held in its innermost position by a coiled vcompression spring 83 in the outer bearing 71 for the plunger. As the notch 79-moves into position to receive the 1inger75, the latter is forced outwardly by the action of its spring. The bar 59 now is moved forwardly and the finger is engaged to swing the lever 68 to free the table. The nger, it will be'observed (Fig. 5), is notched or cut away at its forward side to form a shoulder 84, and in this movement of the bar 59, the

shoulder engages with the free end of the lever 68 (Fig. 4) so as to hold the finger in its proj ected position. Consequently the plunger 70 is held withdrawn by thelever 68, until the bar moves forwardly far enough to carry the notch 80 into position to receive the linger 75. Thereupon, the bar is again reversed and the lever operated by the spring 83 to again lock the table.

It will be observed that'the arrangement of the stops 64 and 65 with respect to the collar, 62 is such that as the bar 59\noves into. its rearmost position the stop 64 the collar moves the band 60 while the turntable or turret remains locked by the plunger 70; and in the forward stroke of the bar, the stop engages with the collar 62, after the withdrawal of the plunger during the slack portion of the stroke, and this movement of the collar effects the movement of the band 60 wherebyto advance the?l turret and thus present the next blank to the cutting tool. By

.adjusting the stops 64 and 6 5 the extent'ofmovement desired is readily obtainable.

Operatively associated with the indexing .mechanism is a means for ejecting the work ,from the turret and this'means comprises a lever 85 pivoted upon 'the under sideof the .stationary table 50 in a bracket 86 (Figs. 3, 4 and 6). One end of this lever 85 is in the shape of a fork (Fig. 6) having inclined arms' 87 adapted to straddle the lever 68 and constituting .cams whereby`- the swinging movements ofthe lever 68 on a vertical. axis serve to effect a swinging movement of the lever 85 on a horizontal axis. The opposite end of this lever 85'is pivotally connected to a plunger 88 slidable through the table 50 and adaptngaging with 3 ed to enter apertures 89 pro-vided in the plate 54 below the space between the work 'clem ping jaws 53-53a normally occupied by tue work. As shown, the aperture 89 is of less diameter than the work so that the latter is supported over the edges of the aperture and the plunger constitutes an ejector operable to force the work from the turret as permitted by the release thereof as soon as the clamping jaws pass free of the cam 57.' The arrangement is such that as the lever 68 is swung inwardly to move the plunger'7() of the indexing mechanism out of engagement with the table and thus release the table for movement, the ejec-.' tor 88 is withdrawn from the aperture 89 in the table; and when the lever 68 is operated in a reverse direction to lock the table, the ejector is simultaneously operated to discharge the work which has been moved into position over the ejector.

I claim Vas my invention:

1. The combination with a work table, of a reciprocatory operating member, lockingmeans for said table, means intermediate saidmember and locking means operable as said member moves in one direction to release said locking means, and a connection between said lmember and said table arranged to advance said'table upon a continuation of movement of said member in the table releasing direction.

2. The combination with a work table, oi areciprocatory operating member, means engagingvsaid table operable by said member while said member moves in one direction positively to maintain the table in a stationary position and means. operable, by said member and adapted as said member moves in a reverse direction to successively release said holding means and advance said table.

3.. The combination with a work table, of a 'locking means for said table, an operating member moving periodically inopposite di rections and adapted during one of its strokes to advance said table, and means operable by said member during the initial portion of said advancing stroke to release said locking means.

el. The combination with a work table, of locking means for the table,-an operating member connected to said table by a one way clutch and a lost motion device, said member being adapted to periodically advance the table. and means operable by said member during the slack portion of the advancing.

stroke of said member to release said locking means. p 5. The combination with a work table, of locking means for the table, a member mov-H ing periodically in opposite directions and adapted to advance the table as it moves in one direction, a lost motion connection interposed between said table and said member permitting' relative travel therebetween, and means operated by saidmember to release said locking means during the period of relative travel permitted by said lost motion connection.

6. In a machine tool, a turntable, a reciprocatory bar operatively connected with the table to advance it with a step-by-step motion, means operating intermittently tolock the table against movement including a spring pressed plunger, a lever connected with said plunger and having a yielding finger mounted in one end-thereof, said bar 'having a pair of notches therein adapted to receive said inger, one of said notches being adapted as the bar moves in one direction to force the linger into the lever until the other 011e of said notches is moved opposite the linger, said finger being adapted to engage with the lever as the bar moves in the `0ppo site direction whereby to elect the swinging movements of the lever andthe withdrawal of said plunger.

7. The combination of a work table, means for locking the table against movement including apivoted lever, and a work-ejector means for the table operatively associated with said lever so as to be actuated in the swinging movements of the latter.

8. Thecombination of a work table, means for locking the table against movement including a pivotedlever, and a work-ejector means for the table operatively associated with said lever so aslto be actuated in the i swinging movements of the latter, said ejector means including a second lever having a sliding cam connection with the first lever.

9. The combination of a work table, locking means for the table lincluding a member I swingable on a vertical axis, a work ejector means including a lever mounted to swing on a horizontal axis and having a sliding -cam connection with said member.`

1.0. The combination of a turntable, a reciprocatory operating member, means operable as said member moves in onedirection to lock the table and as said member moves in the' opposite direction to release and advance the table, and means also operable 1n the VFirst-mentioned,movement of the operating member to eject a piece of work from the turntable.

1i. The combination of' a turntable, a reciprocatory operating member, means operable as said member moves in one direction to lock the table and as said member moves in the opposite direction to release and advance the table, means operablein the advance of the table to clamp one piece of work and release another, and means operable as the table is locked to eject said -other piece of work therefrom.

12. In a machine tool, a turntable having av plurality of peripherally spaced recesses, a lock plunger adapted to set selectively into said recesses, a one-way clutch for rotating said table, a reciproca-tory bar having a lost motion connection with said clutch, said ubar being formed with a pair of spaced recesses, and means ,operatively connected to said plunger and adapted to 'engage in said re- (ill cesses selectively in the reciprocation of said bar to Withdraw said plunger from said table before indexing, and to return said plunger to said table after i-ndexin ln testimony whereof, Ixave hereunto afxed my signature.

ALBERT M. JOHNSON. 

